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“Before we ever played that first game, Hayes and I each wrapped towels around our waists and shot each other to see how badly it would hurt. Hayes shot first and missed. Then I shot him in the butt. Once we realized it was going to be fairly safe, we talked about playing our first one-on-one game. We wrote some simple rules, went into the woods and played a 45-minute game.

From the PSP: A new Champion has been crowned in the PSP! Congratulations to Tampa Bay Damage on defeating Edmonton Impact in a heated battle on the lush soccer fields of the Ab Brown Sports Complex in Riverside, California. 150 teams from around the world competed in this event to prove their worth against the best teams in the sport.

The 5th Annual PaintballX3 Oklahoma D-Day Special Edition is live and free. This 180 page edition features 24/7 coverage from the entire D-Day event. From the 5 mini games to the night game--and from vendor's row to the main game, we've got it all. Check out the team photo shoots, parade photos, videos, interviews, hot products and more!

Charles Gaines’ preface in “The Official Survival Game Manual” tells one story--years later he remembered the early days slightly differently. Bob Gurnsey confirmed most of Gaines’ story but will also give you a slightly different version. To piece this story together we spoke directly to Gaines and Gurnsey, as well as Debra Dion Krischke, who was there for much of the beginnings. We also interviewed several other people that were there in the beginning.

Paintbal FactX #1

Summer 1970-1974(U.S. patent 3,788, 298 issued on January 29, 1974)Long Before the First Game Was Played, the Nelspot Marker and the “Paint-Ball”* Were Invented

While the first game of paintball wasn’t played until 1981, 1970 was surely a year that was important in the history of the sport. That was the year the Nelspot, the first paintball marker was designed.

What was the first paintgun you ever played with? For many players it was a semiautomatic. For some it may have even been an electronic marker capable of firing 20-plus non-toxic, biodegradable balls per second. It wasn’t that easy for those that played in the early 1980s though.